Direct video and hydrophone observations of submarine explosive eruptions at NW Rota-1 volcano, Mariana arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Chadwick Jr , William W ^a   Cashman, K V ^b   Embley, Robert W ^c   Matsumoto, H ^a   Dziak, Robert P ^a   de Ronde, C E J ^d   Lau, T K ^a   Deardorff, N D ^b   Merle, S G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; EJECTA; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYDROPHONE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VENTING; VIDEOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MARIANA ARC; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROTA;

EID: 55949092987     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005215     Document Type: Article

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